Betty Buckley, the actress who sang 'Memory' in the original New York production of 'Cats' tries to find some reason in Donald Trump's somewhat bizarre love for the song. "So, like, Trump was a handsome kid, but his dad was a bully, so he became a bully, just trying to impress Daddy. I can’t win with charm, he thought . . . and he’s always felt outside. In his heart of hearts, there’s this tremendous need, an insatiable need, to be loved, the love he never received from his father or mother. So that is in that song: that incredible longing to belong, to connect, to not be rejected, that’s what this whole thing is. All these years, I had no clue why that song touched him, but now, with this book . . . I get it, I get it!” - she tells the New Yorker.

The film 'Fisherman's Friends', about the UK sea shanty group, is being turned into a musical, and it will open at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro in the autumn, BBC reports. The sea shanty band, together since 1995, went from singing in their local pub to playing the main stage at Glastonbury and having a top 10 UK album.

Production company Seaview announced the one-time-only streaming performance of 'Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical' slated for New Year's Day, BBC reports. The musical will feature Wayne Brady as Django, Tituss Burgess as Remy, Adam Lambert as Emile, Kevin Chamberlin as Gusteau, André De Shields as Ego, Andrew Barth Feldman as Linguini, Priscilla Lopez as Mabel, Ashley Park as Colette, Owen Tabaka as Young Ego, and Mary Testa as Skinner. It was collectively created by TikTok members. 'Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical', in support of the Actors Fund, will stream on Jan. 1 (at 4 PM in California, 1 AM Jan. 2 in Paris, and 5 AM in Peking) for 72 hours only.

A major tour of the hit musical 'Six', which had sold out several drive-in venues in the UK, also expected to feature performances by The Streets, Kaiser Chiefs, Dizzee Rascal, Sigala, has been cancelled due to uncertainties over local lockdown. Live Nation said the "latest developments over local lockdowns" meant they couldn't proceed "with any confidence", Evening Standard reports. The drive-in shows were announced last month, with outdoor venues such as airports and race courses booked in 12 cities, including Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Edinburgh and Bristol. Concert-goers would have been able to stand outside their vehicles in allocated spaces, or sit in their fold-out chairs.

Will it end up being a travesty remains to be seen, but the Guardian reports about the new Michael Jackson musical as something quite usual. Playwright Julien Nitzberg wrote it, it's called 'For the Love of a Glove: An Unauthorised Musical Fable About the Life of Michael Jackson, As Told By His Glove', and it […]

"In an age of hyperdocumentation, pop stars are more precious than ever about how their star personas are perceived. Yet in the reflection of another’s star image, we can often see them more clearly" - Guardian writes in praise of 'A Star is Born', fourth on-screen-incarnation of the story. "Actor-director Bradley Cooper and his pop-star […]